Canada’s Arctic Strategy Falls Behind as Rivals Push Ahead

Canada’s Arctic Strategy Falls Behind as Rivals Push Ahead

T he Arctic is slipping from Canada’s grasp. Years of neglect—by successive governments and especially under the Liberals—have left our sovereignty in the region vulnerable at precisely the wrong time. As great-power rivalries intensify, climate change opens new shipping routes, and global trade pivots north, our control over the Northwest Passage is becoming more and more tenuous. In the past two decades, Russia has shifted from symbolic displa…